The America’s Cup is a technology race as much as a sailboat race. Make a breakthrough in design — be it a winged keel or, in this era of hydrofoiling, a better daggerboard — and your chances of securing the oldest major trophy in sports increase considerably. But the Cup’s arrival in Bermuda, the British territory in the North Atlantic where the competition will begin next month, has also been a catalyst to help solve an altogether different type of technological challenge. Read More